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Hear the rime of the ancient marinerSee his eye as he stops one of threeMesmerises one of the wedding guestsStay here and listen to the nightmares of the Sea

And the music plays on, as the bride passes byCaught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale

Driven south to the land of the snow and iceTo a place where nobody's beenThrough the snow fog flies on the albatrossHailed in God's nameHoping good luck it brings

And the ship sails on, back to the NorthThrough the fog and iceAnd the albatross follows on

The Mariner kills the bird of good omenHis shipmates cry against what he's doneBut when the fog clearsThey justify himAnd make themselves a part of the crime

Sailing on and on and NorthAcross the seaSailing on and on and North'Til all is calm

The albatross begins with its vengeanceA terrible curse a thirst has begunHis shipmates blame bad luckOn the MarinerAbout his neck the dead bird is hung

And the curse goes on and onAt seaAnd the curse goes on and onFor them and me

"Day after day, day after day,We stuck nor breath nor motionAs idle as a painted shipUpon a painted ocean.Water, water everywhereAnd all the boards did shrinkWater, water everywhereNor any drop to drink."SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE(1798–1834)

There, calls the MarinerThere comes a ship over the lineBut how can she sailWith no wind in her sails and no tide?

See... onward she comesOnward she nears, out of the sunSee... she has no crewShe has no life, wait but there's two

Death and she Life in DeathThey throw their dice for the crewShe wins the MarinerAnd he belongs to her nowThen... crew one by oneThey drop down dead, two hundred menShe... She Life in DeathShe lets him live, her chosen one

"One after one by the star dogged moon,Too quick for groan or sighEach turned his face with a ghastly pang,And cursed me with his eyeFour times fifty living men,(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,They dropped down one by one."SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE(1798–1834)

The curse it lives on in their eyesThe Mariner he wished he'd dieAlong with the sea creaturesBut they lived on, so did heAnd by the light of the moonHe prays for their beauty not doomWith heart he blesses themGod's creatures all of them too

Then the spell starts to breakThe albatross falls from his neckSinks down like lead into the SeaThen down in falls comes the rain

Hear the groansOf the long dead seamenSee them stir and they start to riseBodies lifted by good spiritsNone of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes

And revenge is still soughtPenance starts againCast into a trance and the nightmare carries on

Now the curse is finally liftedAnd the Mariner sights his homeSpirits go from the long dead bodiesForm their own lightAnd the Mariner's left alone

And then a boat came sailing toward himIt was a joy he could not believeThe Pilot's boat, his son and the hermitPenance of life will fall onto Him

And the ship it sinks like lead into the seaAnd the hermit shrieves the Mariner of his sins

The Mariner's bound to tell of his storyTo tell his tale wherever he goesTo teach God's wordBy his own exampleThat we must loveAll things that God made

And the wedding guest'sA sad and wiser manAnd the tale goes on and on and on...